The days before camp

The man with the big shoes, finally on camera
Rosanne wearing the hat, before an old man gave her a free tie
Arthur sports his double-tie with pride
Arthur the crazy icing licking inbred.
Nicky P and Timmy T, best of friends

Actual Camp Photos

People dressed up as other people

Rosanne wears Alan’s shirt
A cunning disguise; "Hey, Rob!"
Nick’s valiant attempt to be everyone at woodcraft involved quickly growing a beard
Martha captures a cunning Rosanne imposter
Another devotee of the famous shirt
By this point, the Rosanne lookalike competition was well underway

Action poses

Simon’s short lived bike trailer
Rosanne and Arthur fighting
Another round of Tent Politics?
Alan kidnaps Rosanne and takes her clubbing in London
Sliding in the mud
Everyone covered in mud
An exciting hammer-wielding action photo
Rosanne crushes Pat as a simple shoulder ride goes wrong...
Greg "climbs the pole"
Spikey hair and lighting football action shot!!
Look out, there’s someone posing behind you!
Canoe-based-action-photo!
Rosanne shoots Alexi with bubbles
Nick, grooving away
Simon, caught in the act of stroking Emily’s head whilst she sleeps

Public Relations

Emilia encounters Evan, and they compare Green Hoodies
Hey kids, it’s Syphillis Mark!
Emilia gets close to Rebecca, whilst everyone else just looks strange...
Our friends in the Barnet Group, frequent visitors to the Tool Tent
Alan’s Women
Fancy Boy Rob in natural pose
Caity Roe and Rosanne.. spot the difference..
The gang’s all here, outside the Activity Barn
Emilia, together with an amused Evan and a bemused Boo

Activities...

Our Nestle banners
Taping up the coin slots
The attacked machine
"Take care of my bike! It’s got a bald tyre!"
Simon, with his newly adopted child
Happy Family Photo
The circle in the morning
Hair washing and a quick gossip
Rosanne holding what we shall assume is a knife...
Carrying a tray of rolls in 50’s musical stylee
An unusual gathering, and some big sheets of card.
"and as we go, we love to sing...
Who are these folk all dressed in ties?
Lots of people with hair styling
Greg wears a long green dress
Simon, Alan, and something that’s not a thumb..
Becky revels in the joys of family life
Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything
G’day Mate! Barbeque Boy Tom slaps another piece of meat on the barbie!
Anna and Rosanne, prepared for every eventuality
Rosanne in control of a canoe
Chris miscalculates which direction the bank is
We’re on a barrel raft! Nothing can stop us now...
We fall off the barrel raft at exactly the same time as the photo is taken.
A load of boats on a very cold lake, as part of a canoe-based activity!
Nothing but the latest water clothing will do for Chris..
Emily and Alison, well equipped with badges
Chris paints his blue tent, on a more sunny day
Adrian’s wigwam, Village 37 tourist attraction
Arthur’s leaky tent, together with new groundsheet, and a very clean looking ghetto
We go find the E-Shack, but it doesn’t live up to Alan’s expectations
Greg has his legs shaved
Greg’s leg shaving becomes a family affair
More leg shaving, but no sign of Simon’s cup
Leg Shaving, a family affair
The hair from these legs will soon be in Simon’s cup
Girl, you’ll be a woman soon...
Greg shows off how smooth his legs are
Some legs covered in foam
Legs being shaved (sorry, but there’s not much you can say, really...)
The nimble St. Albans fingers produce a great deal of cranes
Oh man! Some kid dropped a load of straw in the Kitchen Area!
Not smoke or rain can divert Tom from his barbequeing
Chris, approximately two minutes before he goes mad...
Charlotte looks happy..
A whole foot worth of inequalities
Somehow, we knew where the Kid with the Big Feet was hiding..
We pose with our banners, whilst Greg looks cross
Pat and Alexi play the banana game..
A fairly hair raising experience
It’s Yellow Nico! And he’s awake!
Don’t move! I’ve got a gun!
Emily and Pat share a joke
Rosanne looks mischevious and clutches the bubble gun
On our way to the central area
A troupe of strolling minstrels came our way..
Lip painting and making a big star
Tom, raging against the Nestle machine
More Nestle Machine Raging, involving Tom
Crawling along the floor by the kitchen area, for some reason

...or the alternatives

"Come on over to my two man tent..."
The Caity Roe shirt is born
Al-right! I got me a bed!

Going Swimming

Our first venture into the river
Still very cold..
Group photo in the river. Half of us are wearing clothes.
Walking back after swimming, trying not to shiver too much.
Sitting around on the beach
Emilia has suncream put on, whilst Rosanne just pretends..
Back in the river once again
Fun and Games in the river
Washing our hair
Rosanne goes for the ‘quiff’ look
Lying around on the beach all day.
More lying around on the beach
Arthur knows where his towel is
Rosanne wipes some Shampoo off her foot.
Fun and games in the pool
"Come in! The water’s lovely!"
Emilia considers the possibility of long thin babies..
Swimming in the pool
Becky and Emilia lure unsuspecting sailors to their doom
Simon and Becky argue about what their kids will be called
We play "Spot the Hairy Back", but no-one wins
A happy couple in the pool
Decreasing order of height outside the Swiming Pool
Becky, under the ever-watchful gaze of Simon
Cutest Camp Couple
Everyone going swimming..
Everyone looks happy and shy by the Swiming Pool sign

Joe! stands by whilst the Caity Roe shirt is added to..
The hard rockers go for a ‘walk’
It’s a dead baby!
It’s eleven am.. and time for the first bottle of wine of the day...
Louise proves that it is possible to fit a whole apple in your mouth
Simon paints Emilia’s lips, whilst Rosanne paints Chris’s shirt
Alan washes his shirts, and the dye-filled bowls litter our campsite for days afterwards..
Arthur explains the beauty of symmetry to an attentive audience

All the Football

People playing football
Football
Football
Football
Football
Team Photo
More Team Photo
You'll have to excuse the lack of captions for all the football photos, but I didn't really know what was going on with all that! Please feel free to send me some more appropriate captions!

Everyone queues up with suggestions how to extinguish the burning kid
Ivy falls on one of those hover-boards from Back to the Future
Greg, the pinnacle of sliding-on-mud fashion!
It was only ten minutes later that we realised someone had sunk in the mud...
Nick, taking his ten minutes of fresh air..
There is momentary panic when Emilia runs out of lipstick
The morning after the night before
Don’t look now...
The famous biscuits are taken by Pat, whilst Tom and Alison look on
The most stressful job in the world
Maybe there’s a dead baby caught in the works
Mmmm.. there’s nothing like a lovely hot pan of Haribo soup..
We show off our purchases from one of our shopping trips. Note Becky’s wine.
It’s not as foggy as it looks..
Alan doing his washing
We bid a fond farewell to JOE!
A load of people up Emilia’s Ill Tree
Our pay-per-view Leaky Tent Arena was working well
Simon is obscured by the thing-in-a-cup that we found
Simon, with the Bottle Of Wine that Started It All
"But I, Jack! The DISCO king! That’s right! I AM THE DISCO KING!"
A butterfly is printed on Greg’s shirt, whilst Ed looks for a phone he can use
Not sure what Louise is up to here..
Rosanne, riding Arthur
Pat dresses as a woman, but cannot escape Chris’s wandering hands

Hier kommt die Sonne

Lazy afternoons in the leaky tent
Summer days on the biggest wapenshaw in the world
Everyone lying around in the sun looking strange
Airbeds in the sun
Emily brushes her hair...
Arthur and Anna, "playing cards"
Arthur looks really strange
The Incest Twins fight over the Ghetto Blaster
The wonder that is the Kitchen Area
Nick, looking for his washbag
Crowds of people in the central area..
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
JOE!, loitering suspiciously in Martha’s hat
A lazy afternoon on one of our few wapenshaws
Rosanne and Miranda share a joke
The Sunday Afternoon’s entertainment
"It was a real summers day..."
More lying around, but on the Wapenshaw
Chris and Rosanne go off for a gossip
The sunset looks way cool
Chris and Rosanne return from their gossip
More gossiping
Chris looks dazed and confused, whilst Nick just rocks out in his best hat

Portrait Section

Anna and her famous musical tie
Time has arrived, we see all the signs
The Prophet - mais forte do que a morte!
Emilia makes reading a book seductive
"That’s us!"
Rosanne, dressed for a swim
The coolest picture of Arthur in the world
Anna looks disapprovingly on at Arthur
Nick looking wasted. Probably before Breakfast.
Anna lying flat out on the floor.
Rosanne and Miranda
Louise and Robert always tried to see eye-to-eye
Kamikaze 80’s Raver, Rosanne...
Neither the photographer or the subject remember the taking of this photo
Pleased to Meat you..
The Original Hard Rockers go for the red-haired look..
Simon suddenly gets cramp, which annoys Louise
Possibly the most disturbing photo I’ve seen in a while
It’s George!
Patty C, Tall Northerner and Fancy Boy
Rosanne and Miranda . . . again
Becky, in shadow, in the marquee
Alexi and Pat, in silhouette
Chris looks confused during a meal
Louis and the famous Big Packet of Biscuits
Pat, the Tall Fat Giant
Rosie, the poor kid with no arms or legs
Hey kids..
Would you take Guitar lessons from this guy?
Greg, paparrazi extraudinare
Nick accidentally became a Sailor one day
To quote Pat, "Becky, becky, becky..."
I have absolutely no comment for this picture whatsoever.

Musical Interlude

We’re jamming...
Nick, rocking out yet again..
Art holds his guitar like it was his infant child.
Concentrating on his instrument
Nick in Pearl Jam stylee photo
Everyone stands around the campfire
Playing Reggae Riley around the campfire
Various pictures of us playing around the campfire
More singing on the main stage
If you’re Mr Riley...
Hold your row!
Smiley! Highly! Riley!
Can these people both play Guitar?
A 10-am-morning-rain dance to drum’n’bass, of course!
Mid-day jamming and rapping
Arthur lovingly caressing his guitar
Arthur, "playing the recorder".
Nick and Arthur are too engrossed in the music to see Tom levitating books
Hey kids! It’s an old blind Jazz musician!
Quite an audience gathers for Nick’s Blind Recorder Jazz
Nick gets on down, John Travolta stylee
Nick’s playing sends everyone else to sleep
I’m sure there was more audience than this..
We perform in the cafe International, to an audience this time..
Still performing, Still the Cafe international
More rocking out, before any of the Store Tents arrive
Opening ceremony; kids on the stage
Crazy things going down on stage...
Hey kids, it’s the moody rockers!
We prepare to sing That Song again, whilst Louise surprises Rosanne
The first public performance of Reggae Riley
Pat leads the tie-wearing collective into the central area
A last minute rehearsal..
And as we go, we love to sing...
George sings us a song
Village 37 hits the big time
Stage Fright? Us? Never!
Hey! Hey! Clap and Dance in a nervous manner!
Shortly afterwards..
The main stage and related jazz..
Emily and Pat amaze everyone with their complex 60’s surf guitar
That’s the main stage.. does that seem wierd to any of you?
The intensely cool musician duo
Watch that man dance!
It’s 10 am! It’s raining! It’s time for Drum ‘n Bass!
Arthur holds his guitar in a serious way..
We play Reggae Riley around the campfire
More playing round the campfire
So you wanna be a rock ‘n roll star..
"Hey! Hey! Um.."
Away in the distance, the band played
"For the cream of society lives down our way..."
Something green going on on the main stage
Our performance of Reggae Riley was interrupted by a Gate To Another Dimension opening up

The Gold Dress and the like

Alan tries a long gold dress for size. As you do.
Grace does Alan’s hair for his Big Day
The contestants gather for the "Maddest Person in Woodcraft" accolade
Everyone looks really really cheerful
I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you ... Alan!
A flash of leg (and army boot)
"All I wanted was the f--king whistle!"
Amba, all dressed in red..
Charlotte all dressed in silver
The God of Hellfire looms above the photographer
Pen’s Parade of Dwarves
Spot the Links, kids!
"Okay, so where’s the nearest Industrial Club?"
Does my bum look big in this?
A veritable rainbow of colours from Village 37
Charlotte, all dressed up in silver Oh!
The Pedal-And-Solar-Powered-Ultra-Violet-Mobile-Reggae-Disco-Rinky-Dink!
The procession, in the process of processing..
Newsground, here we come...

Group Photography

Simon tries to look innocent and suspicious at the same time.
Rosanne blocks Becky out of the picture
A multitude of Woodcraft people across the hillside
Happy group photo (including a line up of bunches)
Who are these folk that dress in green bootleg hoodies?
Quite a random selection of people pose for a group photo
Exactly the same group photo again
Arthur, as Crocodile Dundee, hosts the "Spot the Real Couple" game
Everyone hides in the yellow tent, but the red eyed maniac finds us anyway
Going into the central area with cranes on sticks
".. and in my dream, there will be Woodcraft people, as far as you can see..."
Village 37 Group Photo
Yet another Group Photo!
Happy Group Photo, but this is only the beginning
Big Final Group Photo No. 1
Big Final Group Photo No. 2
Big Final Group Photo No. 3
St. Albans Group Photo!
Village 37, Another Group Photo
St. Albans Group Photo
Another Village 37 Group photo
Yet Another Village 37 Group Photo
(Hi Res) St. Albans Group Photo

Tales from the Tool Tent

Hey kids, it’s the Ghetto of Sin!
Arthur lies back contented after crossing another name off his list
Nick, ever-so-slightly besmoten
Alan spots a drum’n’bass tape, and swiftly departs the ghetto
Grace takes a moment to "read the script"
Lazy afternoons in the ghetto of sin
The definitive Ghetto photo
You’re ... so ... wasted ...
Making out, in the mess, under the Tool banner
Something going on in all the blur
Our wine sculpture
Chris is intrigued by a ring pull
Look! This is how seagulls get caught!
More hours in the ghetto
Chris the hippy kid pretends he can play guitar
Anna with a bottle of "that sweet indulgent fluid"
Recorder Bong, mark 1
Another rainy afternoon in the Tool tent
Rosanne, ‘mending the handcuffs’
Recorder Bong Mk. 2
Blowback!
Anyone for Haribo soup?
Arthur suddenly realises that it’s sunny outside
More stuff going on in the Ghetto
A perhaps unflattering view of Arthur
It’s best not to ask..
Rosanne lies on a load of broken cans
Damaged film with Simon and Becky on.
Damaged film with a bit of Rosanne on.
Really damaged film.
The coolest bit of damaged film..
Arthur proudly displays his nipple..
What? What’s going on?
Keep your eyes open for Pro Plus
We don’t look similar at all, do we?
"I love you, Mary Jane!"
Nick, handcuffed and on the floor of the Tool tent.
Just another day in the Ghetto of Sin
Just another smoker-in-training
Nick was actually awake at some points on camp.
A master at work..
Happy Times and Fresh Air in the Tool Tent
Fancy Boy Rob looks on as Alan and Tom fight over Grace
It’s really best not to ask what’s going on here..
Nick, Keeper of the Tool
Alan tries his never-failed chat-up line..
We show off our new purchases, whilst Rosanne closely examines the vodka
Rosanne takes a break from the non-stop action of camp
Simon looks innocent and ignores the signs of excess and carnality around him
Alan: "How long until Lunch?" Nick: "Oh, not more than an hour, now.."
Rosanne becomes a Stoner Kid, part 1
Alan tries to kill Rosanne, whilst Rob looks on..
Rosanne becomes a Stoner Kid, part 2 (note Simon’s abused cup in foreground)
Rosanne becomes a Stoner Kid, part 3
Who put this in my sleeping bag?
Nick left his gimp suit at home, so we have to improvise
Alan throws everyone out of the Tool Tent, and Chris uses the Alan Shirt as a pillow
A two chamber, lychee filled, chewing gum sticky, bong...
Hanging out in the Tool Tent
Alan sucks on the end, whilst Arthur puts his finger over the blow hole
Arthur attempts to terrorise Nick by playing eerie music at him
Nick falls on the floor and cannot get up
Chris, ever the responsible leader
A more quiet day in the Tool Tent
The Smoker’s Tournament was well underway..
Alan, "playing the recorder"
It’s a lovely day outside! But the ghetto lives on..
Not perhaps the most flattering photograph of Arthur
Strange goings on in the Tool Tent
Alan gives his "Bong Making" workshop
"Simon, get two straws, a two litre bottle, and some tin foil!"

ALAN'S TRIP

"so I was lying on the floor, and all these people dressed in green were looking at me"
Normal photographers take years to get this effect
This looks quite disturbingly early in the day...
"and then we stumbled across a big red glowing thing"
Some tent or other..
Alan perhaps, holds his head in his hands, in bright colours
They must be glowsticks. They MUST be glowsticks.

Indoor Activities

The happy couple walk off into the sunset..
Arthur and Anna in the Tool Tent
Not many people saw the "Couples Parade" on the last day
Nick, oblivious to the amazing sounds of orgy behind him
Rock Star Couple!
Rock Star Couple, thanks to Becky’s sunglasses
... and with one swift motion ...
Alan watches, waiting for his opportunity to join in..
The Incest Twins disappear under the cloak

Happy Endings

Arthur rescues his tent from near-certain blowing away
The collapse of the Ghetto of Sin
The Intense Humming of Evil
We really are pushing the coach, this isn’t some kind of ‘amusing’ posed photo!
Only two hundred miles to go!
Chris puts down the blue tent
Post camp debris and the like..
Becky does the job she was born to do
Louise and Robert, happy couple
All-right!! I got me a tent!
Charlotte stands amidst the chaos and debris
Really genuinely pushing the bus
If it wasn’t for you meddling kids!
If you don’t see me at the back of the bus...
Group Photo at Verulamium Park, together with Simon’s ill-fated bike trailer

The Days After Camp

The Day after Camp
Noodle cooking, the day after camp..
Rosanne sitting on the chair in a really weird manner
It’s a kangaroo skin..
Chris: "Al-right! I got me four Woodcraft chicks on my bed!"
Hanging out in Clarence Park with Timmy T
Nick plays the recorder, whilst Anna looks on
More post-camp Clarence Park action
Nick dresses smart as his Filter business makes the big time
Rosanne dresses as a tramp and stands on a book about building

Bivvy in the Park

Emilia wears Rosanne’s clothes, holds some wine, and looks very odd..
This looked so much more spectacular in real life. Really.
Simon goes half way across the hillside to answer the phone
Everybody laughs.. but at what?
Fancy Boy Rob’s shoe, about to be set on fire..

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